From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl
Cc: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org,
eranian@google.com, robert.richter@amd.com, fweisbec@gmail.com,
jamie.iles@picochip.com, jpihet@mvista.com, stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/11] perf: Generic perf_sample_data initialization
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:49:25 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100303.084925.120000853.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100303164306.222595079@chello.nl>
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:39:41 +0100
> This makes it easier to extend perf_sample_data and fixes a bug on
> arm and sparc, which failed to set ->raw to NULL, which can cause
> crashes when combined with PERF_SAMPLE_RAW.
>
> It also optimizes PowerPC and tracepoint, because the struct
> initialization is forced to zero out the whole structure.
>
> CC: Jamie Iles <jamie.iles@picochip.com>
> CC: Jean Pihet <jpihet@mvista.com>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> CC: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> CC: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
> CC: stable@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-03 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-03 16:39 [RFC][PATCH 00/11] Another stab at PEBS and LBR support Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/11] perf, x86: Remove superfluous arguments to x86_perf_event_set_period() Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 02/11] perf, x86: Remove superfluous arguments to x86_perf_event_update() Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 03/11] perf, x86: Change x86_pmu.{enable,disable} calling convention Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 04/11] perf, x86: Use unlocked bitops Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 05/11] perf: Generic perf_sample_data initialization Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:49 ` David Miller [this message]
2010-03-03 21:14 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-05 8:44 ` Jean Pihet
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 06/11] perf, x86: PEBS infrastructure Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:38 ` Robert Richter
2010-03-03 17:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 8:50 ` Robert Richter
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 07/11] perf: Provide PERF_SAMPLE_REGS Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:30 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 17:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:49 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 17:55 ` David Miller
2010-03-03 18:18 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 19:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 2:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-03-04 12:58 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2010-03-03 22:02 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 11:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 08/11] perf, x86: Implement simple LBR support Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:52 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:57 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 17:54 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 18:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 20:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 20:57 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 09/11] perf, x86: Implement PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:08 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/11] perf, x86: use LBR for PEBS IP+1 fixup Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 18:05 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-03-03 19:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-03-03 21:50 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-09 1:41 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 11/11] perf, x86: Clean up IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES usage Peter Zijlstra
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